The council is committed to helping food businesses by providing links to the main guidance for food labelling and allergen information.
Find out more about food allergen management, control and communication, including the labelling requirements for ‘Prepacked for Direct Sale’ (PPDS) foods and the food services sign-posting guidance document.
We have also provided links to other sector and product specific labelling guidance below:
Business type
Food and drink
For a guide to what the law says on preparing and selling food and drink, including hygiene, composition, labelling and packing:
Business companion - Food and drink quick guide (external website)
Allergens
For advice on guidance on implementing, promoting and complying with the allergen legislation:
Food Standards Agency - Allergens information and guidance (external website)
Catering
For advice on the essentials of food labelling for caterers, including some commonly misdescribed examples:
Business companion - Food labelling for caterers (external website)
Fruit and vegetables
For a guide to the essentials of food labelling for the greengrocer, including the use of variety and organic:
Business companion - Food labelling for greengrocers (external website)
Meat
For a guide to the food labelling essentials that a butcher needs to know, including composition of meat products:
Business companion - Food labelling for butchers (external website)
Fish
For legal names of species and use of industry specific terms to help fishmongers with labelling:
Business companion- Food labelling for fishmongers (external website)
Baking
For the food-labelling essentials that a baker needs to know, including meat pies and sausage rolls:
Business companion- Food labelling for bakers (external website)
Herbal medicine and health foods
For advice on how the law applies to products sold in herbal medicine and health shops including food supplements, cosmetics and products of animal origin:
Business companion- Herbal medicine and health food shop (external website)
Product type
Pre-packed food
For the labelling requirements for packaged food products, including claims and nutritional labelling:
Business companion - Labelling of prepacked foods (external website)
Sweets
For advice on labelling of sweets including the specific rules for chocolate:
Business companion - Labelling of sweets (external website)
Beef
For advice on the EU Compulsory Beef Labelling Scheme:
Business companion - Labelling of beef (external website)
Composition of meat
For guidance on the difference between meat and meat products, and what is meant by a reserved description:
Business companion - Composition of meat products (external website)
Preserves
For guidance on the rules for the labelling and composition of jam, marmalade, mincemeat and other similar products:
Business companion - Labelling of jam and similar products (external website)
Honey
For information about the labelling requirements for honey producers:
Business companion - Labelling of honey (external website)
Sandwiches
For sandwich labelling information:
Business companion - Sandwich labelling (external website)
Eggs (direct sale)
For guidance on labelling for egg producers who sell directly to the consumer:
Business companion - Egg producers selling directly to consumer (external website)
Eggs (retail sale)
For the specific requirements of the marking of eggs for the retail sales, including descriptions and size:
Business companion - Retail sale and labelling of egg (external website)
Freezing Foods
Guidance on bulk freezing foods originally intended to be supplied as ambient or chilled products.
Food Standards Agency - Freezing Foods (external website)
Food businesses diversifying
Guidance for food industry businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
Business Companion - Coronavirus food guidance (external website)
Weights and measures labelling
We offer information for ensuring the weights and measures on your labels are accurate on the calibration weights and measures page.
If you are a newly registered food business (registered within the previous year) and are unable to find the answer to your query in the guidance below please contact the food standards team:
Email: food.services@eastriding.gov.uk
Further Advice
If you are a newly registered food business (registered within the previous year) and are unable to find the answer to your query in the guidance below please contact the food standards team:
Email: food.services@eastriding.gov.uk